Is this a correct perspective FOV matrix?

Question

I have a perspective FOV, but when rotating, it doesn't "look" correct - Farther objects traverse faster than closer objects, passing them in the middle of the screen.

So: Is this correct? Using right-handed coordinates, if that matters?

    public static Matrix4x4 PerspectiveFOV(float fov, float aspect, float near, float far)
    {
        float yScale = 1.0F / (float)Math.Tan(fov / 2);
        float xScale = yScale / aspect;
        float farmnear = far - near;
        return new Matrix4x4(
            xScale, 0, 0, 0,
            0, yScale, 0, 0,
            0, 0, far / (farmnear), 1,
            0, 0, -near * (far / (farmnear)), 1
            );
    }

Thanks.

See also https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18404890/how-to-build-perspective-projection-matrix-no-api — , Jul 26 '17 at 06:27

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '12 at 17:15

I see a couple of problems. First, the argument to tan() should be converted from degrees to radians.

Second, the formula for perspective projection in OpenGL is a little different from yours. As specified here, it uses 'near - far' in the denominator instead of your 'far - near'. The numerator terms are also different. Modifying your function slightly and converting from Java to C, I produced a projection matrix identical to the one given by gluPerspective() with the following:

static void my_PerspectiveFOV(double fov, double aspect, double near, double far, double* mret) {
    double D2R = M_PI / 180.0;
    double yScale = 1.0 / tan(D2R * fov / 2);
    double xScale = yScale / aspect;
    double nearmfar = near - far;
    double m[] = {
        xScale, 0, 0, 0,
        0, yScale, 0, 0,
        0, 0, (far + near) / nearmfar, -1,
        0, 0, 2*far*near / nearmfar, 0 
    };
    geom_matrix4_copy(m, mret);
}

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 02 '19 at 17:32

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For questions such as this one I would suggest an excellent resources: https://www.scratchapixel.com/lessons/3d-basic-rendering/perspective-and-orthographic-projection-matrix It really goes in the detail of the projection matrix. They are more lessons on the topic of camera, constructing camera rays, etc. You will need to do some digging.

edited Oct 02 '19 at 17:32

Todd Main

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answered Sep 22 '13 at 22:50

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Is this a correct perspective FOV matrix?

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